What a coincidence!
Article Abstract:
Coincidences regarding birth dates may not appear amazing if analyzed in a mathematical approach. It was revealed that the probability of two persons sharing the same birth day, with respect to month and date, decreases as the population increases.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1998
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Tales of a neglected number
Article Abstract:
The 'plastic number' revealed by architect Richard Padovan. is similar to Fibonacci numbers, but instead of a spiraling system of squares, plastic numbers are derived from a spiraling series of equilateral triangles.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1996
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: What to do about coal. The rise of renewable energy. Defusing the global warming time bomb
- Abstracts: A long haul for Chinese science. Attack on ozone science. Dinosaur tales
- Abstracts: Pot luck: Linear A, an ancient script, is unearthed in Turkey. Putting greens
- Abstracts: Why can't a computer be more like a brain? Persistence pays off in defining history of diffusion. Interferometer maps cosmic microwaves on the cheap
- Abstracts: A fast method for recycling fly ash: microwave-assisted zeolite synthesis. Effect of deicing salts on metal and organic matter mobilization in roadside soils